Plant Phaseolus vulgaris (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Bean; Green Bean; Haricot Bean; Garden Bean; String Bean; Dwarf Bean; Field Bean; Flageolet Bean; French Bean; Kidney Bean; Navy Bean; Pop Bean; Popping Bean; Snap Bean; Wax Bean; Haricot Vert; Haricot

How this plant is used

Food

Subspecies

var. vulgaris

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
QUERCETIN-3-O-METHYL-ETHER	6	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.0	12.0	1.50	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	0.6	4.5	-0.16	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.2	3.0	-0.20	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Sprout Seedling	2.5	27.0	1.65	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RUBIDIUM	0	Fruit	0.5	7.0	-0.91	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN	87	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Fruit	1.1	10.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Seed	2000.0	21000.0	-0.21	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	0.0	0.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit	990.0	10175.0	2.31	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SERINE	1	Seed	11750.0	13205.0	0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SERINE	1	Sprout Seedling	2240.0	24086.0	1.18	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA	0	Fruit	260.0	2672.0	-0.32	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA	0	Seed	3660.0	4113.0	-0.54	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA	0	Sprout Seedling	720.0	7742.0	1.22	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
SILICON	4	Fruit	80.0	1200.0	3.29	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic	23	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	9	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	16	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypotriglyceridemic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	10	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	10	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge	8	J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.